John Pletz On Technology

Enova's Fred Lee joins Belly

Fred Lee has left Enova International Inc. to become vice president of engineering at Belly Inc.

Mr. Lee was chief technology officer at Enova, a Chicago-based online payday lender that employs more than 1,100 people and is preparing to go public.

Chicago-based Belly, which has raised more than $30 million in venture funding from Lightbank, New Enterprise Associates and Andreessen Horowitz, is on a hiring binge to massively increase its tech team.

Belly has about 120 employees. At Enova, Mr. Lee ramped up the tech team to more than 200 people. Craig Ulliott remains Belly's CTO and head of product.

"Fred is a valuable addition to our team," Mr. Ulliott said. "His many years of experience scaling engineering teams while maintaining the core culture will be crucial as Belly expands."